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Re:1/0 = 0 by leereeves on Friday August 10, 2018 @04:13PM (#17736395)
> (x / y) * y equals x

Even without Pony's assumption, that's only true when y != 0.

Re:1/0 = 0 by umanwizard on Friday August 10, 2018 @06:03PM (#17737053)
Yeah, (x/y)*y = x is true whenever it's a meaningful statement. x/y has no meaning in standard mathematics when y=0. 1/0 isn't infinity or anything else in standard math, it's literally un-grammatical nonsense.
Re:1/0 = 0 by chess19 on Friday August 10, 2018 @07:24PM (#17737401)
It should be true for every y that is allowed in the denominator.

That is how fractions are handled in higher math. (Either called "localization" or "ring of fractions").

Re:1/0 = 0 by lmm on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:20PM (#17736836)
It's true up to NaNs, which we can treat as bottoms.